# GUADEC

GUADEC, formerly the GNOME Users And Developers European Conference, is an annual developer conference whose prime topic is the development of the GNOME desktop environment and its underlying base software such as GTK, GStreamer, etc.
The first GUADEC was organised by Mathieu Lacage as a one-off event and attracted around seventy GNOME contributors. It was the first time many of them had met in person. The conference was judged a success, and has been held annually in different locations since then, organised by local volunteers. The size has increased five-fold since the first conference.

## Conference history

| Event | Date | Host city | Venue | Notes | Resources |
| 2000 | March 16–18, 2000 (2000-03-16 – 2000-03-18) | Paris, France | Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications | | http://www.guadec.enst.fr/ (archive) |
| 2001 | April 6–8, 2001 (2001-04-06 – 2001-04-08) | Copenhagen, Denmark | Symbion Science Park | | http://guadec.gnome.dk/ (archive) |
| 2002 | April 4–6, 2002 (2002-04-04 – 2002-04-06) | Seville, Spain | University of Seville | | http://www.guadec.org/ (archive) |
| 2003 | June 16–18, 2003 (2003-06-16 – 2003-06-18) | Dublin, Ireland | Trinity College | | http://2003.guadec.org/ |
| 2004 | June 28–30, 2004 (2004-06-28 – 2004-06-30) | Kristiansand, Norway | University of Agder | | http://2004.guadec.org/ https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/2004 |
| 2005 | May 29–31, 2005 (2005-05-29 – 2005-05-31) | Stuttgart, Germany | Haus der Wirtschaft | | http://2005.guadec.org/ https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/2005 |
| 2006 | June 24–30, 2006 (2006-06-24 – 2006-06-30) | Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain | | | https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/2006/Slides https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/2006 |
| 2007 | July 15–21, 2007 (2007-07-15 – 2007-07-21) | Birmingham, United Kingdom | Birmingham Conservatoire | | https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/2007/Slides https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/2007 |
| 2008 | 7–12 July | Istanbul, Turkey | Bahçeşehir University | | https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/2008/Slides https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/2008 |
| 2009 | 3–11 July | Gran Canaria, Spain | Auditorio Alfredo Kraus | "Gran Canaria Desktop Summit", co-located with KDE Akademy | https://web.archive.org/web/20100918123345/http://www.grancanariadesktopsummit.org/ https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/2009 |
| 2010 | 24–30 July | The Hague, Netherlands | Haagse Hogeschool | | https://web.archive.org/web/20140308195809/http://2010.guadec.org/ https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/2010 |
| 2011 | 6–12 August | Berlin, Germany | Humboldt University of Berlin | "Desktop Summit" No2, co-located with KDE Akademy | http://desktopsummit.org/ https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/2011 |
| 2012 | 26 July – 1 August | A Coruña, Spain | University of A Coruña | | http://2012.guadec.org/ https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/2012 |
| 2013 | 1–8 August | Brno, Czech Republic | Brno University of Technology | | http://videos.guadec.org/2013/ https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/2013 |
| 2014 | 26 July – 1 August | Strasbourg, France | University of Strasbourg | | https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/2014 |
| 2015 | 7–12 August | Gothenburg, Sweden | Folkets Hus and IT University Gothenburg | | https://2015.guadec.org |
| 2016 | 15–17 August | Karlsruhe, Germany | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | | https://2016.guadec.org YouTube GUADEC 2016 playlist |
| 2017 | 28 July – 2 August | Manchester, England | Manchester Metropolitan University | | https://2017.guadec.org |
| 2018 | 6–11 July | Almería, Spain | University of Almería | | https://2018.guadec.org |
| 2019 | 23–28 August | Thessaloniki, Greece | University of Macedonia | | https://2019.guadec.org |
| 2020 | 22–28 August | Online only | | | https://events.gnome.org/event/1/ |
| 2021 | 21–25 July | Online only | | | https://events.gnome.org/event/9/ |
| 2022 | 20–25 July | Guadalajara, Mexico and Online | Guadalajara Connectory | | https://events.gnome.org/event/77/ |
| 2023 | 26–31 July | Riga, Latvia | University of Latvia Academic Center | | https://events.gnome.org/event/101/ |
| 2024 | 19–24 July | Denver, United States | Tivoli Student Union | | https://events.gnome.org/event/209/ |